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Dicky (SP 231)

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1913 by the Weckler Boat Co., Chicago, IL
  • Acquired by the Navy in April 1917
  • Commissioned 15 June 1917
  • Delivered to the Navy 2 July 1917
  • Returned to her owner, C. N. Steele of Waukeegan, IL 14 January 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 8 t.
  • Length 46'
  • Beam 11' 6"
  • Speed 11 kts.
  • Complement: Six
  • Propulsion: One 45hp 4-cylinder Sterling gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    Dicky 77k Photographed prior to her World War I era Navy service
    U.S. Navy photo NH 94465    		 Naval Historical Center
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